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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR2962

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:14 | Tran: 17:01 | Set: 2:53
Alt: 72.46°   Az: 179.21°   Direction: South

HR2962 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2962 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR2962 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR2962 star
DSS2 image of HR2962. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2962 during the next 10000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 44m 22s
+33° 56’ 18”
23h 58m 51s
07h 43m 13s

J2000

07h 42m 43s
+34° 00’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

185.83°
24.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2962.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Main-sequence

2.33
F7V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2962 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2962. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2962 is distant 178.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

54.61
178.04
-11 km/s
-0.08 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO60291
SAO60291

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2962 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.1°
Max altitude: 72.5°
Azimuth: 303.9°